DOLE urges employers to comply with P50 NCR minimum wage hike

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By Ferdinand Patinio | Philippine News Agency

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) urged private sector employers to comply with the P50 daily wage increase for minimum wage earners in Metro Manila, which took effect on July 18.

DOLE—National Capital Region (NCR) Director Sarah Buena Mirasol expressed hope that employers would voluntarily implement Wage Order NCR-26, issued by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) on June 30.

“We are calling on all employers to apply the new minimum wage rate,” she said in a phone interview on Saturday.

The wage adjustment is expected to benefit about 1.2 million minimum wage earners in the NCR and marks the highest increase granted by the wage board to date.

With this, the daily minimum wage for the non-agriculture sector is now P695, up from P645.

Meanwhile, the minimum wage for workers in agriculture, service, and retail establishments with 15 or fewer employees, and manufacturing firms with fewer than 10 workers, also rose from P608 to P658. Mirasol also urged workers to report employers who fail to comply with the new rates. (PNA)

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